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  • 61biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

    Universalium

  • 62Harnack, Adolf von — ▪ German theologian and church historian in full  Adolf Karl Gustav von Harnack  born , May 7, 1851, Dorpat, Estonia, Russian Empire [now Tartus, Estonia] died June 10, 1930, Berlin, Germany  German theologian (theology) and historian; he was… …

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  • 63nonfictional prose — Introduction       any literary work that is based mainly on fact, even though it may contain fictional elements. Examples are the essay and biography.       Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. This type of… …

    Universalium

  • 64Epistemology — • That branch of philosophy which is concerned with the value of human knowledge Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Epistemology     Epistemology      …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 65Philosophy of Immanuel Kant —     Philosophy of Immanuel Kant     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Philosophy of Immanuel Kant     Kant s philosophy is generally designated as a system of transcendental criticism tending towards Agnosticism in theology, and favouring the view that… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 66Cui Zhiyuan — b. 1963, Beijing Political economist, intellectual A political economist trained at the University of Chicago and based overseas, Cui is among the most influential expatriate scholars in China. Although his work is constituted in the mode of… …

    Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

  • 67Sceptics (The) — The sceptics Michael Frede INTRODUCTION When we speak of ‘scepticism’ and of ‘sceptics’, we primarily think of a philosophical position according to which nothing is known for certain, or even nothing can be known for certain. There are certain… …

    History of philosophy

  • 68dogmatics —    Dogmatics is a branch of theology that attempts to expound in a coherent way the teachings (dogma) of the church. In the Protestant context, dogmatics attempts to lay out more or less systematically the teachings of the Protestant tradition, a …

    Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • 69intolerance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bigotry, bias, prejudice; dogmatism, narrowness. See jealousy, excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Lack of willingness to tolerate] Syn. bigotry, dogmatism, narrow mindedness; see fanaticism ,… …

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  • 70fanaticism — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. zeal, zealotry, extremism, militancy, dogmatism, bigotry, intolerance, obsession, prejudice, superstition, narrow mindedness, monomania, injustice, obstinacy, stubbornness, bias, unreasonableness, unreasoning zeal,… …

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